Ward County Business Patterns

Compiled by
The County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties

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Description

Employment, 2015

Annual Payroll, 2015

Establishments

Flag

Noise Flag

Count

Percent

Noise Flag

Dollars ($1,000)

Percent

Total

G

4,125

100.00%

G

210,891

100.00%

307

Mining

G

1,476

35.78%

G

91,997

43.62%

76

Utilities

J

92

2.23%

J

7,173

3.40%

7

Construction

G

341

8.27%

G

25,018

11.86%

21

Manufacturing

J

71

1.72%

J

4,020

1.91%

4

Wholesale Trade

G

79

1.92%

G

4,678

2.22%

11

Retail Trade

H

342

8.29%

H

8,926

4.23%

35

Transportation and Warehousing

G

322

7.81%

G

19,789

9.38%

25

Information

H

22

0.53%

H

1,010

0.48%

3

Finance and Insurance

J

95

2.30%

H

4,454

2.11%

16

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

G

170

4.12%

H

12,013

5.70%

10

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

G

85

2.06%

G

2,823

1.34%

22

Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services

Employees Noise Flag - See the Noise Flag definitions at the end of this record layout.

Employees - Total number of emplolyees as of Mid-March with noise.

Annual Payroll Noise Flag - See the Noise Flag definitions at the end of this record layout.

Dollars - Total annual payroll ($1,000) with noise.

Noise Flag definitions

G : 0 to < 2% noise (low noise)

H : 2 to < 5% noise (medium noise)

D : Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies; data are included in higher level totals. Employment or payroll field set to zero.

S : Withheld because estimate did not meet publication standards. Employment or payroll field set to zero.

County Business Patterns does not include data for self-employed persons, employees of private households, railroad employees, agricultural production workers, and for most government employees.

Establishments without a fixed location or having an unknown county location within a state are included under a "statewide" geography classification. As a result, the amounts shown for the state of Texas are greater than the sum of the data presented for all 254 counties.

Data obtained from the U. S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2015. More detailed data is available from the source.

Percentages calculated by the County Information Program.

The industry with the greatest number of employees and the industry with the greatest payroll are each highlighted. For many counties, the industry with the greatest number of employees is the same as the one with the greatest payroll so only one row will be highlighted.